...
sister; and I never knew how charming such a relationship could be.'
'But mamma?' said Cynthia, half-suspiciously, half-sorrowfully.
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her eyes are none of the best when she is standing steady on the ground. Molly
and Cynthia have got those new plaid shawls just alike, and they trim thei...
...
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The Storm Bursts
The autumn drifted away through all its seasons; the golden corn-harvest, the
walks through the stubble fields, and ... father's leave and command. Her bonnet and cloak were
on in two minutes, and she was sitting by her father's side, the back scat shut up,
and the light weight going sw...
... heard the name Gibson; and,
having ascertained from Molly that she was 'the doctor's' child, she showed
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A Novice Amongst ...
There was some bread, and some cold chicken, and some jelly, and a glass of
wine, and a bottle of sparkling water, and a bunch of grapes; Molly put out her
trembling litt...
... expected, and felt rather proud of the invitation of which he was the
bearer. Therefore Mrs Gibson's manner of receiving it was an annoyance to him.
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The squire was pleased with his own speech and his own thought, and smiled a
little as he finished speaking. Mr Gibson was both...
... won't live long - very much
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Secret Thoughts Ooze Out
Molly found Cynthia in the drawing-room, standing in the bow-window,
looking ... wearied out;' and
the exciting sport was given up for the day. At present, however, she confined
herself to the practical matter in hand; and the genius for millinery and...
... people
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He did not leave her till he had seen her laid on a sofa in a darkened room, with
some slight pretence of reading in her hand. ...
husband was not at home, to ask and hear, and ask and hear, till the tears were
unconsciously stealing down his cheeks. Every resource of his heart, or his
house, or his lands wa...
... better, I hope?
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The Dawn Of A Gala Day
To begin with the old rigmarole of childhood. In a country there was a shire,
and in that shire ... months
that she and her daughters were away. And the various unoccupied
gentlewomen of the town responded to the call of their liege lady, and gave her
their service as requir...
... former days in the
most winning manner.
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There was a large party of gentlemen and ladies sitting round the decked table,
in the ... are so beautiful! and I lost myself,
and sate down to rest under a great tree; and Lady Cuxhaven and that Mrs
Kirkpatrick came; and Mrs Kirkpatrick brought me some lunch, and...
... looks and manners
were carefully watched. On the contrary, they were rather boisterously merry at
the wedding, and poor Mrs Gibson it was that died of consumption, four or five
Wives and Daughters ... little griefs and
pleasures, and poured them into her papa's ears, sooner even than into Betty's,
that kind-hearted termagant. The child grew to understand her father...
... bland acquiescence from
arriving at any results which could startle him. He had some private fortune, and
was not married, and lived the life of an indolent and refined bachelor; but
Wives and ... educated, and ignorant on many points; but he was aware of his
deficiency, and regretted it in theory. He was awkward and ungainly in society,
and so kept out of it as much as p...